THE UNRETURING SPRING: BEING THE POEMS, SKETCHES, STORIES, AND LETTERS ... Edited and Introduced by Henry Williamson

London: Williams and Norgate, 1950. Octavo, inserted frontispiece (photographic portrait of the author), cloth. First edition. The author was an RAF pilot who died before turning twenty-one but had shown great promise as a writer and, as the 242 pages of this book show, not promise only but achievement. Spine and edges of cloth a bit sunned, tiny ink scribble on front free endpaper, a near fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket with light shelf wear at edges, 65 mm closed tear along lower rear spine fold, some general dust soiling, and clipped price. (#117704) (Inventory #: 117704)